DIGITAL JUNE

Entering the Indian Digital Ecosystem

India is on the forefront of the growth of digital economy fueled by young, aspiring population having access to playing-field leveling technologies.

This has attracted the entire spectrum of companies — from the FAANG to startups — and investors—from largest sovereign wealth funds to private equity and venture capital firms to family offices and individual angel investors.

This virtual four-day conference will focus on strategic, legal and tax issues involved in entering and operating in the digital economy ecosystem in India.

KEY TOPICS

Entering the Indian Digital Economy ecosystem
Various business models and their regulatory considerations
Alternate investment structures
Intermediaries and their liabilities
Data ownership and protection
Preferential treatment & exclusivity on platforms
Mergers & Acquisitions
Competition law issues
Tax considerations including equalization levy
Employment and human resources law issues in shared economy

PROGRAM

This virtual conference begins on 14th June 2021 and continues for four consecutive days. We have organized two sessions daily to accommodate the US, European and Indian participants.

In each session, the first hour will be for a panel discussion and Q&A followed by 15-minutes of a breakout group to meet speakers and networking.

	Topic and Key Issues	Speakers	Video
1	Monday 14th June 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. CET / 8:00 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Opening Keynote Conversation Digital Economy – An Indian Perspective Explosive growth and potential in India Legal and regulatory framework Foreign direct investment – from regulators’ perspective Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Nishith Desai Vivek Pandit Mihir A. Parikh Session Chair Gowree Gokhale Vaibhav Parikh	View Recording
2	Monday 14th June 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. CET / 9:15 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Entering the Digital Economy in India Investment structures – Mergers & Acquisitions Competition law Issues Dominance through data access Impact on innovation Killer acquisitions Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Nishchal Joshipura Session Chair Eric Winston Harshita Srivastava Neville Taraporewalla Ratnadeep Roychowdhury	View Recording
3	Tuesday 15th June 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. CET / 8:00 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Regulatory Considerations in Various Business Models E-Commerce models Intermediaries & their liabilities OTT platforms Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Vivek Kathpalia Session Chair Gowree Gokhale Huzefa Tavawalla Rakesh Maheshwari Tarun Katial	View Recording
4	Tuesday 15th June 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. CET / 9:15 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Data Ownerships and Protection Right to privacy Personal data protection Non-Personal data protection, including recent reforms for geospatial and maps data Impact on digital economy business models Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Vaibhav Parikh Session Chair Aaron Kamath Amlan Mohanty Inika Charles Jennifer Tiang	View Recording
5	Wednesday 16th June 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. CET / 8:00 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Preferential Treatment & Exclusivity on Platforms Network effects Conflicts of interest Abuse of dominance – Recent cases & actions Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Vyapak Desai Session Chair Payel Chatterjee Payal Malik Suman Bery Vinay Shukla	View Recording
6	Wednesday 16th June 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. CET / 9:15 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Equalization Levy and Other Tax Considerations Equalization levy and recent expansion – Applicability and exclusions Obligations, responsibilities and practical implications in various digital economy models Software batch appeals Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Parul Jain Session Chair Dr. Dhruv Sanghavi Dr. Leopoldo Parada Meyyappan Nagappan Rajat Bansal	View Recording
7	Thursday 17th June 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. CET / 8:00 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Human Resources in Shared Economy Labor law reforms - Four new labor codes Work from anywhere & managing the hybrid model Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Vikram Shroff Session Chair Ajay Solanki Deepak Arora Perzine Dadyburjor Preetha Soman	View Recording
8	Thursday 17th June 11:45 a.m. ET / 8:45 a.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. CET / 9:15 p.m. IST	Supported by
	Closing Session Keynote - Professional Services in a Digital World: A Global Perspective Sectorial Perspective on Digital Economy Digital health and telemedicine FinTech/payment systems – incl. blockchain Media & online gaming EduTech Breakout to meet speakers and networking	Lee Frederiksen Dr. Milind Antani Session Chair Aarushi Jain Darren Punnen Jaideep Reddy Tanisha Khanna	View Recording

Program and Key topics

Monday 14th June
10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. CET / 8:00 p.m. IST

Opening Keynote Conversation
Digital Economy – An Indian Perspective

Explosive growth and potential in India
Legal and regulatory framework
Foreign direct investment – from regulators’ perspective